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Just So Festival 2011
By Fiona McKim on 30/09/2011 11:27:54
Children ruled the catwalk when Junior took to the woods for a fancy-dress fashion fiesta
What do you get when you mix an enchanting woodland glade with a tent-full of fancy dress costumes and an army of excited young festival-goers? Why it's Junior Magazine's catwalk extravaganza at the Just So Festival 2011!When the Junior team took
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How to grow an avocado tree
By Fiona McKim on 18/04/2012 14:28:19
You don’t need sunny climes to grow this exotic plant
(within two to six weeks) you can pot the seed in a small planter with rich, peat free compost.With careful pruning and repotting for growth, your avocado plant can grow as tall as 20m high.It may not bear fruit within the first ten years – or ever – so
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Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Cornwall
By Fiona McKim on 20/07/2011 12:35:57
Crack the code of Britain's enigmatic communications history
and may well have won us the war. Budding sleuths will marvel at the mysterious enigmas used during the WWII to foil enemy spies as well as the worlds only original working cable station, so complete and untouched it is as if the workers have just popped
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Five Ways To Protect Skin In Summer
By Fiona McKim on 08/11/2011 16:23:08
Quick tips to ensure your brood's baby soft skin stays that way
1 Time it rightStay in the shade between 11am and 3pm when the sun’s rays are at their most powerful.2 Remember Slip-Slop-SlapFollow the famous Aussie rules and just Slip on a shirt, Slop on suncream and Slap on a wide-brimmed hat.3 Aim high
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Trick or treat tips
By Fiona McKim on 20/10/2011 16:41:08
How to have a scream this Hallowe’en
quite quickly, leaving your child with an incomplete costume, and you carrying an armload of accessories.2. Planning a routeMake sure you plan your ghost trail in advance, staying local and trying to fit in friends and relatives' houses so you can
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Ten fascinating toddler facts
By Fiona McKim on 17/08/2011 13:19:54
From bedtime fears to sensitive ears, a lot goes on in these crucial years
altercations with their peers.It is not just fussiness that stops your child clearing her plate at dinner, a toddler's stomach is usually only the size of a small fist.If bedtime is a battle with your toddler, you are not alone: 75 per cent of children under
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The Junior Olympic Heroes quiz - The Answers
By Fiona McKim on 01/08/2010 15:31:19
participate in?(b) HeptathlonDid you know... Jessica is so focused on London 2012 she has put off her wedding to her boyfriend until after the Games!3. Which sportsperson became a double paralympic champion in Beijing at just 13 years of age?(a) Ellie Simmonds
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When Steiff met Mr Selfridge
By Fiona McKim on 18/01/2013 11:12:30
Junior’s favourite heritage bear dazzles on the set of glamorous drama
Sunday nights.So what were the must-have products filling those iconic window displays in 1909? Well wouldn’t you just know it, much like ourselves, mile-a-minute Harry Selfridge had a passion for the finer things in life, including Junior Design Award
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Imagine Children’s Festival returns to Southbank for February half term
By Fiona McKim on 15/02/2013 12:43:00
Hervé Tullet and David Walliams amongst stars at magical event
Why should grown-ups have all the cultural kudos? If your child enjoys taking in the arts as much as the next culture vulture, then we have just the event for your family this February half-term.The Imagine Children’s Festival is a fun-packed, full
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Mealtimes with Michael Caines
By Fiona McKim on 13/10/2011 13:36:26
The two Michelin-starred chef talks food, family and Fairy liquid!
involved, that’s just family life.What is your opinion on children in fine dining restaurants?In my restaurants we don’t ban children, we encourage them. If a child is well behaved, why wouldn’t you want them in? so we have a policy which says under
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